Interstellar communication. IX. Message decontamination is impossible

A complex message from space may require the use of computers to display, analyze and understand. Such a message cannot be decontaminated with certainty, and technical risks remain which can pose an existential threat. Complex messages would need to be destroyed in the risk averse case.Comments: 3 pages, comments welcomeSubjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)Cite as: arXiv:1802.02180 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:1802.02180v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)Submission historyFrom: Michael Hippke [v1] Tue, 6 Feb 2018 19:37:50 GMT (54kb)https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.02180